Defending intellectual property and patent licensing is quickly becoming a hot button for proprietary and open-source software developers alike.
"For many, it's not a case of if but when Linux and open-source software developers will be forced to license other vendors' intellectual property, regardless of how complicated it may be to execute under the GPL (GNU General Public License). As a result, enterprises standardizing on open platforms are paying closer attention to the growing risk of legal action the software could bring..."
